AUTHOR=Jahnke Constantin , Doeblin Patrick , Tanacli Radu , Witt Undine , Schneider Matthias , Stehning Christian , Pieske Burkert , Kelle Sebastian 

TITLE=Case Series of Potential Cardiac Inflammation Associated With Various SARS-CoV-2 Vaccinations Assessed by Cardiac MRI

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

VOLUME=Volume 9 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cardiovascular-medicine/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2022.829392

DOI=10.3389/fcvm.2022.829392

ISSN=2297-055X

ABSTRACT=Before the COVID-19 pandemic, there have only been a few reports over myocarditis and pericarditis as an adverse event following immunization with the exception of cases following live-attenuated smallpox vaccine [1, 2]. 
Serious adverse events associated with new vaccines targeting SARS-CoV-2 are of high interest to the public and to public health as a worldwide mass immunization campaign has been initiated to contain the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. 
SARS-CoV-2 vaccines currently authorized for use in the European Union by the European Pharmacy Agency include the messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine  Comirnaty (Pfizer-BioNTech), Spikevax (Moderna) and the vector-based vaccines Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca) and Vaccine Janssen (Johnson and Johnson) [3]. 
We describe a series of 4 individuals with signs of a myocarditis/pericarditis according to cardiac MRI results in temporal association with SARS-CoV-2 vaccination to investigate any differences regarding the phenotype.